debhelper like packages for GStreamer
Sebastien Bacher
seb128@debian.org
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:01:24 +0200
Le samedi 25 juin 2005 =E0 14:04 +0200, Lo=EFc Minier a =E9crit :
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm considering preparing a couple of GStreamer debhelper-like
> utilities. The candidates so far are:
> - dh_gstinstallpluginsVER: would call gst-register-VER and
> gst-compprep-VER when files are present in /usr/lib/gstreamer-VER,
> - dh_gstshlibdeps: would call objdump/nm on ELF files to resolve hidde=
n
> dependencies and fill a substvar for GStreamer related dependencies
> with the help of per provider-package dependency information
> generated by dh_gstmakeshlibs,
> - dh_gstmakeshlibs: would call objdump/nm on ELF files
> to find out the dependencies they could fulfill and generate a
> providing-package dependencies file with a symbols/package version
> table.
>=20
> The first helper is growing necessary as I duplicate code for plugins
> and gstreamer itself in preinst, postinst, and postrm, to deal with
> removal of /root/.gstreamer-0.8 and gst-register+gst-compprep.
Good idea.
> The last two commands would require some work, and needs to be put in
> perspective with the changes in formats for the 0.9/0.10 series.
Cf previous mail, there is no real interest to do this ...
Cheers,
Sebastien Bacher